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From: Flying_Cloud (no email)
Date: Sat Aug 21 1999 - 12:53:50 EDT
What I didn't like about the tapered valves on Flying Cloud was that the
head size was diffenent depending on the size of the valve - and in an
emergency I felt this could be a potential problem. Anyway, once I loosened
the dang thing with a socket; I used leverage on the handle... I found
pieces of pipe (different sizes for different valves) to put over the handle
to give me more leverage in moving it. This was the klincher for me in
being able to move it (being a women and all eh!)- and perhaps a squirt of
PB Blaster.
I also serviced them every year by taking them apart and covering them in
lithium grease all 23 of them....ya ya I know ya don't have to say anything
about that.
When the head sheared off one I knew it was time for replacing some at least
the smaller ones. During the replacement process - three more heads sheared
off the smaller ones so maybe where I had been docked then had some
electrolysis problems.
I replaced all the small ones with marallon; and several of the others with
the teflon ball valves. In all I replaced 13. That was four years ago and I
have to say I really like the marallon, i.e. just turn the handle - no more
pain in the butt to close the head seacocks when I leave the boat for a
week's trip away etc.
Sandra
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